Marlin As Food?

[Elton]

I saw Marlin Steaks for sale in a major supermarket the other day. Are they regarded as a sustainable food source?

 

Elton

[waterman1013]

No, Elton they are not a sustainable resource.

 

Check out this site http://www.chambers-associates.org for some horrible facts about this fish and its exploiters.

 

Mike Heylin

[spasor]

Elton?

It depends where you live? If you run a small boat out of Mauritius for the tourists, then yes. If however you run a large blue water boat for fat specimen hunters, then the answer is no!!! Like any fish, if you`re not going to eat it. Put it back straight away!! Sod the pics on the quay with a cigar in your mouth!!!!!

A 400lb Marlin would feed a lot of people on Mautitius. A dead one brought ashore for a pic` in the states would be lucky to be used as cat food!!

We should think who we`re fishing for before we get too pious?

Paul.

[BobTheBaitblaster]

Spasor, smee again, just to say that I agree entirely with your sentiments on the subject and only every catch what I eat (if possible). But and this is the biggie I disagree re the states .

Most Skippers over there are only too well aware of the market price to be obtained for a 400 lb marlin and it would without doubt get shipped directly out to japan (with a small j deliberatly)and they would make a bomb. this is part of the problem in that it encourages them to keep the fish knowin they will make big buckaroo's.

I really believe that we are getting to the stage where a global ban is needed for a considerable number of species to allow recuperation. I know, I know , its an impossible task especially when you have to consider the 3rd world people. This is where we should be encouragin these peeps to grow alternative and more efficient crops or substitutes.

 

B.T.B

[Leon Roskilly]

The Marine Conservation Society has listed Marlin as one of the top 20 fish species we should not buy at the supermaket.

 

See:

 

http://www.mcsuk.org/action/gfginfo.htm#marlin

 

The Good Fish Guide, which has plenty of advice for those who want to know whether what they are buying from the fish counter is sustainably caught, or not is reviewed (and can be ordered from):

 

http://www.mcsuk.org/action/gfg.html

 

Useful to have on the bookshelf, and a great gift for anglers to give to friends at Christmas etc.

 

er, the entry on mullet has a familiar ring to it in places

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Elton]

I saw these for sale in a major UK supermarket and will see if they are still on sale next time I visit. If they are, I'll name them here :mad:

 

Elton

[Leon Roskilly]

Elton:

I saw these for sale in a major UK supermarket and will see if they are still on sale next time I visit. If they are, I'll name them here :mad:

 

Elton

A lot of endangered exotic species are increasingly appearing on the supermarket fish counters, especially during the barbecue season.

 

hmmmm! delicious swordfish steaks!

 

All the supermarkets are doing is supplying what the consumers want! (So they tell us).

 

(Funny, I never see the label pointing out that 'this fish species is being harvested unsustainably, and many dolphins are suffocating in the nets used to catch it' - er, I'm not being species specific here)

 

Most supermarkets can be contacted via their website. Ask them for more information about what is currently on sale on their fish counter.

 

Even the humble cod!

 

Most cod comes from one of two sources: Icelandic caught cod (which is sustainably harvested) and North Sea cod (which isn't). Ask the person on the fish counter which fishery the cod he/she is selling comes from, and it's unlikely that they'll have any clue at all. So email the head office and ask them to provide better labelling (after all, they label eggs so that we can shop according to our ethics).

 

The Good Fish Guide, mentioned in the post above, is a good place to start, to begin to understand the issues, and what we should be looking for.

 

Tight Lines - leon

Sea Anglers' Conservation Society

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn

[chesters1]

you know dolphin is best and is sustainable, flipper lasted for years (prob still going somewhere)

[Leon Roskilly]

chesters1:

you know dolphin is best and is sustainable, flipper lasted for years (prob still going somewhere)

It happens

 

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Subj:Re: SACN: For Information

Date:4/27/02 1:26:15 pm GMT Daylight Time

From:XXXXX

To:LEONROSK

 

Thank you very much for this information.

 

Yesterday, at the radio (France inter), I heared that french marine policemen had arrested two "pair trawlers" with some dolphins in board, ready for human consummation.....

It was in 'Vendée".....

 

Bye

 

Philippe Debeire

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Tight Lines - leon

Sea Anglers' Conservation Network (SACN)

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn/

[DCB]

Leon - swordfish under great threat. I've banned my wife from buying it, even though its her favourite. (still happily married - I think)

DCB